U.S. Fulbright Student Spring Retreat

U.S. FULBRIGHT STUDENT SPRING RETREAT April 22-23, 2013, Ukrainian Catholic University Lviv, Ilariona Sventsitskoho st., 17, Conference Hall, 4th floor Monday, April 22 10:00 – 10:20 Opening Remarks and Program Overview Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine

10:20 – 11:30 Dr. Volodymyr Turchynovskyy, Vice Rector for Strategic Planning, UCU “Universities in the Global World. Some Challenges and Opportunities”

Zenia Kushpeta, Founder of Organizations that Serve People with Special Needs, UCU “Living and Working with Our Ambassadors of Human Relations”

Mariya Tytarenko, Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Media Communication, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Communications, School of Journalism, UCU “Perspectives of Journalism Education in Ukraine”

Roman Vaskiv, Director, School of Ukrainian Language and Culture, UCU “Discover Ukraine with UCU. Study Abroad Programs”

11:30 – 11:50 Coffee break 11:50 – 12:20 Andrew Nynka, University of Maryland, College Park, MD “Examining the Intersection of Political and Normative Journalism Theory in Ukraine: How the Press and the Public Affect Democratic Discourse Online”

12:20 – 12:50 Valentyn Dihtyarenko, Graduate Student, School of Journalism, UCU “Discourse of Christian Values in a Secular Ukrainian Press in the U.S. in 1950 – 1960”

12:50 – 13:15 Discussion. Discussants: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine Mariya Tytarenko, Director of the Master’s Degree Program in Media Communication, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communications, School of Journalism, UCU Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Natalia Feduschak, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2004/05, Columbia University, New York, NY

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 14:45 Joel Kabot, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA “An American Writer in Galicia: Novel Research in Western Ukraine”

14:45 – 15:15 Talia Lavin, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA “Eliakim the Madman: Translating Ben-Avigdor's Novella, 124 Years Later”

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 – 16:00 Kathryn David, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY “Cultural Life as Civil Society: The Case of Odessa's Secular Jewish Youth Community”

16:00 – 16:30 Deborah Jones, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI “Words to Sow: Language, Property, and Place in Former Collective Farming Communities”

16:30 – 17:00 Discussion. Discussants: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine Taras Luchuk, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2005/06, Lviv Ivan Franko National University Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011-2013, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 17:00 – 17:30 Summaries: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine Tuesday, April 23 10:00 – 10:30 Dr. Yaroslav Hrytsak, Chairperson, Department of Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine, UCU “State of the Nation: Ukraine 2013”

10:30 – 11:00 Michael Fedynsky, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN “The Anti-Soviet Dissident Movement in Ukraine”

11:00 – 11:30 Dmytro Sherengovsky, Manager of International Academic Relations Department, UCU “Constructing New International Systems: the Project of a Global Society”

11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break 11:45 – 12:15 Nelly Kholtobina, 3rd year student, Department of Humanities, UCU “Theory of Mental Cartography”

12:15 – 12:45 Charitie Hyman, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI “From Art Fields to Urban Landscape: Youth, Symbolism, and Performance in Ukraine”

12:45 – 13:15 Discussion. Discussants: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine Natalia Kovalchuk, Associate Professor, Department of Modern and Contemporary History, Assistant Dean for International Relations, UCU Taras Luchuk, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2005/06, Lviv Ivan Franko National University Olena Haleta, Fulbright Scholar Alumnus 2010/11, Lviv Ivan Franko National University Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

13:15 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 14:30 Jack Morton, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA Beth Ciaravolo, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH “West Meets East Meets West: Teaching English Across Ukraine”

14:30 – 15:00 Boris Chiporukha, St. John's University, New York, NY “Development of Health Tourism in Crimea: the Potential for Foreign and Local Investment”

15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break 15:15 – 15:45 Alla Dziuma, Boston University, Boston, MA “Behavioral Evaluation of Reproductive Health Decisions”

15:45 – 16:15 Discussion. Discussants: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine Dr. Mark James, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2011/13, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL Dr. Stephen Bloom, U.S. Fulbright Scholar 2012/13, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Oleksandra Khudoba, Associate Professor, Lviv Regional Institute of Public Administration, National Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine

16:15 – 16:45 Summaries: Marta Kolomayets, Director, Fulbright Program in Ukraine